Long Cultivation Stories with a Cold and Unfeeling Protagonist 主角无情淡漠长篇修仙

1. 51 凡 Mortal Cultivation: Seizing the Way of Heaven 凡人修仙，夺天一道 Shi Ni石逆Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing [No System] + [No transmigration] + [Mortal cultivation] + [One heroine or no heroine]. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation... The realm has been united, and opportunities for advancement are growing scarce. Ding Yi is an ordinary young man setting out into the world. At first, all he wants is to make his way in the martial world, but through a twist of fate, he eventually enters the world of immortal cultivation. With the help of fortuitous 3kReads7.9Score175Shelves
2. 52 榆 Elm Immortal 榆仙 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 166.5kReads9.1Score19kShelves

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   [Heart] The protagonist is single-mindedly focused on cultivating immortality and seeking the Dao. It's a long cultivation novel! The protagonist is an orphan who forms a bond with a giant elm tree. On its deathbed, the elm tree bestows its final power upon the protagonist, creating an acquired spiritual root that allows him to embark on the path of cultivation. From then on, his legend begins in the cultivation world. [Admiration]

3. 53 白 The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age. 15.8kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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   ❤️The protagonist is single-mindedly focused on cultivating immortality and seeking the Dao; this is a long cultivation novel! The protagonist is an orphan who forms a bond with a giant elm tree. On its deathbed, the elm tree bestows its final power upon the protagonist, creating an acquired spiritual root that allows him to embark on the path of cultivation. Thus, his legend begins in the cultivation world.🥰

4. 54 红 Proving the Dao in the Mortal World, I Am a True Immortal Among Men 红尘证道，我为在世真仙 Time to Sleep睡觉了吧Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + xianxia + lighthearted + invincible hero + showing off] A song of the mortal world, a tale of immortal dreams. Su Mu was a transmigrator. To perfect the cultivation system he had created, he ventured into the mortal world to hone himself. He traveled north and south, seeing humans, immortals, gods, demons, monsters, and strange creatures. With a broken sword, a bamboo hat, a handful of coins, and an old mountain goat, he slew demons in a lake and discussed the Dao in the fa 18.6kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
5. 55 百 A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Will Become an Immortal 百世轮回：我终将成仙 Situ Liu司徒流Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Warning: the protagonist has no moral limits] [Dark story] [Not a saintly protagonist] [No heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [Intelligent protagonist] This is the story of a despicable man who reincarnates a hundred times and seeks the path to immortality in the cracks between worlds. 6.4kReads6.9Score392Shelves

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   The protagonist is ruthless and indifferent, single-mindedly pursuing the Dao, caring about nothing but the path to immortality.

6. 56 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 581.6kReads9.4Score60.6kShelves

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   Perfectly meets the requirements

7. 57 长EN Eternal Prudence: Starting with a Suona, Funeral Rites to Immortality 长生苟道：开局吹唢呐，送葬修仙 The Rooster Crows, Two and a Half Years Pass雄鸡一唱两年半Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing [Immortal Cultivation + Comedy and Memes + Ordinary Protagonist + Heroine + Laying Low + Status Panel] Bai Yu transmigrated to an immortal-cultivation world. From the start, he was immortal, and performing funerals made him stronger. Bury a grandmaster martial artist and gain a max-level Golden Bell Shield, with the vitality of a dragon! Bury a Nascent Soul cultivator and gain a top-tier Heavenly Spirit Root, with extraordinary talent! Bury an Immortal Emperor of the Myriad Worlds and gain the T 51.7kReads8.9Score4.2kShelves
8. 58 万 Vial of Divine Light for All Spirits 万灵神光瓶 Half-Immortal Zongzi粽半仙Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted [Traditional Cultivation + Thoughtful Plot + No Harem + No System + Comedy + Cautious Cultivation + Cunning Hero + Decisive and Ruthless] The main story is a slow burn. Thirteen-year-old Han Dachui is cutting grass on a mountain when he accidentally discovers a porcelain bottle, without knowing what it is. As he investigates it on his own, he gradually uncovers its purpose and slowly sets foot on the path to immortality. Traditional cultivation: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core 17.2kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves

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9. 59 无 Unintentionally Seeking Immortality 无意问仙 Qi-Refining Rogue Potato练气散修土豆子Eastern Fantasy341k WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] [No System] [Cultivation Through Caution] Li Wuyi was an ordinary man who delivered food part-time after work, until a small silver stone drew a bolt of heavenly lightning that sent him into the cultivation world. With no backing and no one to rely on, he had little access to spirit stones, pills, or magical treasures. Luckily, a small space hidden deep within his sea of consciousness could produce spirit liquid and accelerate the growth of spiritual plants. Qi Refining, Fou 496Reads5.8Score—Shelves
10. 60 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 94.7kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
11. 61 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.2kReads5.4Score316Shelves

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    A traditional cultivation story, progressing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation. The protagonist is decisive, ruthless, cunning, and cold-blooded, willing to use any means to achieve his goals. There's no system, no female lead, and it's not a brainless or dark story. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

12. 62 每 Intelligence Updates Every Day: I Quietly Become an Immortal Emperor 每天刷新情报，我悄悄修成仙帝了 I Really Don't Eat Watermelon我真不吃西瓜Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [The motion comic is now available] My name is Gu Changsheng. I finally escaped the 996 grind after a stroke of incredible luck, but who could have guessed I’d transmigrate into the son of a mine slave raised by a cultivation sect? Am I destined to spend my life as a wage slave after all? Good news: At eight years old, I awakened my golden finger, the Daily Intelligence System! [Ding! Today’s intelligence has been refreshed] [Opportunity · Marrow-Cleansing Grass: Beneath the waterfall. No risk. 28.6kReads6.7Score2.4kShelves

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    This one's pretty good! It's about building a foundation for immortality, cultivating supernatural powers, and seeking the metal element! It has the same premise as "Stealing in the Initial Saint Demon Sect" and "Mysterious Mirror"! [Cool]

13. 63 修 Cultivation: Reborn in Another World to Build the Strongest Sect 修仙：重生异界打造最强宗门 Deep Autumn in Baili百里深秋Eastern Fantasy8.9M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + no System + no cheat + relying on skill!] Young scientist Sun Yi transmigrated into the world of immortal cultivation and became a menial disciple with neither talent nor connections. But using the knowledge, experience, and courage of someone from Earth, he successfully latched onto the sect's most powerful patron. Then he set about reforming the sect and developing all kinds of new technology! [Invented a detection radar]: It can locate all kinds of rare treasures, demon 42.2kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves

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    A sect leader's path! All-out development! Invincible across realms! Guaranteed 10,000 words daily! If talent isn't enough, resources will make up for it! No clichés, no systems, no cheat codes! No harem! Upright values! A unified path of Qi cultivation, body cultivation, and spirit cultivation! A ten-fold all-rounder in alchemy, weapon crafting, talisman making, formations, and puppetry! Developing new cultivation technologies, with super-strong earning power! Maximum benefits! Building the strongest immortal sect, waging war against the demon race, leading humanity to rise, and embarking on an invincible path!

14. 64 极 Ice Age Apocalypse: Surrounded by Beauties, I Become Truly Invincible 极寒末世：美女多多，我终无敌 Leisurely and Unfeeling闲心无情Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 21.5kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves

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    A very good novel, addictive.

15. 65 网 Online Game: The Strongest Rookie Swordsman in History 网游：史上最强菜鸟剑士 Deep Autumn in Baili百里深秋Sports1.4M WordsCompleted Sun Yi, a fourth-year university student, got on the wrong side of the super-rich second-generation heir Wei Xian when he stepped in to help someone, and suffered brutal retaliation. His girlfriend was stolen from him, his recommendation for graduate school was revoked, the job he’d lined up fell through, and he was kicked off campus. He was beaten down by society before he’d even entered it. Looking for a way to relieve the stress, he chanced upon the latest full-dive virtual reality game, Conq 6kReads8.3Score486Shelves
16. 66 我 I Become the Zombie King at the End of the World. 我在末日当丧尸王。 Original Sin Bag罪恶原始袋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication, so read with confidence. Stick with it until the story returns to the beginning of the apocalypse, and everything will fall into place.] [Villain protagonist + supernatural powers + revenge + transmigrate + no System + apocalypse + otherworld + parallel worlds + reincarnation + multiple timelines] [Not a conventional apocalypse novel. The plot is entirely original, and an otherworld opens up later on.] When a zombie virus plunges the world into chaos, everyone awakens su 169kReads8.6Score27.5kShelves
17. 67 末 Apocalypse RV: My Online Store Connects to Three Realms 末世房车：我的网店连三界 The Last Ear of Wheat最后一颗麦穗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.2M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name is now streaming on Hongguo! An international Antarctic research team discovers a virus in a glacier, but an accident at the Rainbow Nation’s T8 Laboratory leads to its release. In humans infected by the virus, their brains are controlled by viral cells, turning them into mindless zombies. Other infected animals undergo a new kind of evolution and become extraordinarily vicious. As the virus spreads rapidly across the Earth, the battle between humanity and the vi 1.1kReads6.9Score318Shelves
18. 68 末 Apocalypse: Target, the Three-Thousand-Woman Army 末世：目标三千女神军 Timiya缇米呀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.2M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + decisive and ruthless + absolute pragmatist + reborn + beauty legion + System + stockpiling supplies + natural disasters + darkness + supernatural powers + mythical beings descend + myriad races...] The apocalypse erupted. Zombies roamed, ferocious beasts lurked, natural disasters struck without end, order collapsed, morality crumbled, and human nature was twisted. Ye Junmo, who had survived five years of the apocalypse, was reborn ten days before it began. He stockpiled supplies, 23.4kReads7.9Score2.2kShelves
19. 69 出 Born an Immortal Emperor in an Instant: Invincible in Every Way 出生秒仙帝，除了无敌就是无敌 Jiuyang Wants to Be the Richest Man九阳要当首富Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted Unbeatable + insanely satisfying + lighthearted and funny + overpowered background + everything cranked up to the max + doing absolutely nothing Lin Yang dies from working overtime and transmigrates into a fantasy world, where he awakens the Slacker System. As long as he doesn’t feel like putting in any effort, he gets endless rewards. From the start, his unborn twin sister, an Empress, wants to take a share of his fortune? Suit yourself! He gets Primordial Violet Qi, a Pangu True Womb… and e 30.7kReads8.6Score3.4kShelves
20. 70 没 No One Knows I'm an Immortal 没人知道我是仙 Tangerine Apricot Watermelon橘杏西瓜Eastern Fantasy624k WordsOngoing You’ve cultivated painstakingly for a hundred years? I only need to stand beside you for a minute to make your cultivation mine. Li Mo transmigrates into the cultivation world and awakens three divine abilities: copying cultivation, concealing his level, and creating undying clones. His true self lays low in a top sect, playing the pig to eat the tiger, while his clones change their faces and roam the world, seizing opportunities, killing powerful foes, and crushing prodigies. While everyone 3kReads—Score481Shelves

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    The protagonist is never swayed by emotions.

21. 71 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Can Copy All Things 凡人修仙：我能复制万物 Purple Greatsword紫色大宝剑Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal’s journey, no System, traditional cultivation novel, decisive and ruthless, starts out as a loser but the protagonist is anything but one.] Cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation… Chen Erzhu has been an orphan since childhood. Seizing an opportunity, he joins the Spirit Cauldron Immortal Sect as a menial disciple. With a bronze mirror that can copy and enhance anything, he makes his own way in the cultivation world. A 3.5kReads6.9Score369Shelves

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    A story about a mortal cultivating immortality, a fast-paced, enjoyable novel, involving Qi cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation.

22. 72 问 Aspiring to the Imperial Throne 问鼎皇尊 Counting掏数Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Growth-Focused | No System | Fresh Setting | Expansive Worldbuilding] When chaos first stirred and the world was born, how many ages passed in the endless struggle for supremacy? In the Chaos Realm, gods and demons came into being, only to vanish into the river of history after countless ages. In the Beast Star Domain, savage beasts roamed the wilderness, yet even they could not escape fate, disappearing from heaven and earth. The Icebound Era began, and no life remained in the world. In the Pr 9.4kReads9.2Score662Shelves

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    It's great! Add it to your bookshelf so you don't get lost. It's a normal cultivation story, focusing on decisive action without being a saint. It has a vast world view, including divine dynasties, holy lands, ancient religions, Buddhism, exotic beasts, rising geniuses, a golden age, dark turmoil, gods vying for supremacy, battles shattering the heavens, the universe overturning, and the cosmos being reversed. It's about a lone cultivator's path to immortality, wandering the world and cultivating alone, achieving the status of an emperor, suppressing all enemies, with all the supreme beings of the heavens lying in wait, and even old monsters not daring to provoke him, or they would all die.

23. 73 重 Reborn in the Hehuan Sect, I Refine My Master into a Slave 重生合欢宗，师尊被我炼化成奴隶 Lone Smoke over the Long River长河孤烟Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing [No System + no clichés + villain protagonist + multiple female leads + bizarre + ruthless and decisive, no saintly behavior] “Would you pick the Seven Fairies or the Seven Spider Demons?” “Only kids pick the fairies. Those who know, know.” “What if you really transmigrated to the Joyful Union Sect, where there are only female demons? They're fanatically devoted to the male body and worship you as a god?” “Wouldn't that be heaven on earth?” “Heh.” The young man smiled faintly. “I'm afraid it wou 86.1kReads9.4Score9.9kShelves

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    Personal preference.

24. 74 神 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 Small-Town Earl小镇伯爵Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 76.4kReads8.3Score6.6kShelves

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    Low-key and unpretentious, a simple and ordinary cultivation journey. The protagonist is extraordinary, indifferent, and not lustful, focusing solely on self-improvement, developing slowly and gradually growing stronger, eventually unleashing his full potential. With this pacing, it's definitely going to be a long story!

25. 75 凡 A Mortal’s Demonic Cultivation: The Profound Yin Chronicles 凡人修魔：玄阴传 One Big White一只肥大白Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal-world setting + satisfying read but no overpowered, arrogant hero + genius protagonist + decisive and ruthless + demonic cultivation + technical approach to cultivation + creates his own techniques and secret arts later on + slow burn + Xuanguxian template + skips the mortal-world opening] Xiao Qing is reborn in the cultivation world carrying a mysterious jade pendant. After testing as a three-element spiritual root, he unexpectedly joins a demonic sect. Once there, Xiao Qing relies on h 49.7kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves

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    Demonic cultivators, corpse demons, and blood demons are the four paths.

26. 76 赐 Bestowed the Title of Liang 赐号良 Jun Wu Xi, Er Wu Yi君无戏尔无疑Eastern Fantasy314k WordsCompleted (Xianxia / fantasy / martial arts / single heroine / corruption) In a vast world where martial spirits reign supreme, spiritual energy is the root of all things. A newcomer to the martial world finds himself in a time of chaos. Who is truly pulling the strings? As the saying goes, “One man's journey through the martial world, two people's reign over the realm.” Cui Chengfeng, a remnant of the former emperor's faction, swears that in this dark, dog-eat-dog age, he will find his former self again, 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are the books in the bag.

27. 77 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 974.8kReads9.4Score97.1kShelves
28. 78 我 I'm Already Invincible, So Why Bother Training? 我都无敌了，还修什么练 Little Xu Says No小许不许Eastern Fantasy231k WordsOngoing Jiang Chen is reborn in another world and bound to a laid-back System. He thought he'd have to painstakingly cultivate for countless millennia, but the moment he called out, “Bro System,” he got everything for free: Max-level Great Emperor cultivation, an undying sword physique, and the illustrated compendium of divine weapons across the Myriad Worlds, all unlocked at the touch of a button. With a casual lift of his hand, his sword aura sweeps across the eight directions. He can lie flat and sti —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 79 逼 You Forced Me to Split from the Family. What Do You Have to Regret Now That I've Become a Saint? 逼我分家，我成圣你们后悔什么？ Several Sprigs of Longing几枝相思Eastern Fantasy6.9M WordsOngoing [Traditional fantasy + no System + decisive and ruthless + thrilling, high-energy story + over a million avid readers] Jiang Chen was the Jiang family's peerless genius. He was supposed to awaken an ancient and incredibly rare Divine Dragon Martial Soul, but everyone mistook it for a useless martial soul, a dirt lizard. As a result, he was looked down on by all and treated as lowly as dust. Yet Jiang Chen remained devoted to martial arts. No setback could break him. He rose from humble beginning 33.2kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves
30. 80 我 I Am the Villainous Destined Immortal Venerable: From the Start, I Face-Slap a Reborn Woman 我反派天命仙尊，开局打脸重生女 Xing Wuhai行雾海Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Cultivation and immortality] [Ruthless killing] [Pseudo-ensemble] [Destined villain] [No System] [The rating just launched and will rise] After being born into the world of cultivation a thousand years ago, Nian Wuwang became the aloof Immortal Venerable of Tianyan Sect. The world honored him as the Immortal Venerable Wuji. The leading figure of the righteous path, he had dominated the Five Regions for centuries. Now, he was the most powerful person in the world. But nobody could have guessed t 9.6kReads7.5Score469Shelves
31. 81 破 Breaking the Bag, Defying Fate: Cultivating Immortality with a Mixed Spirit Root 破袋逆灵：杂灵根的修仙 Madman Niu Ba狂徒牛八Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted In a brutally harsh world of cultivation, Zhu Bu'er is an ordinary man who stumbles into the cultivation world. With a mixed spiritual root and a broken sack as his only tool, he scavenges for scraps and rummages through rubbish, forging an unconventional path to immortality. 4.1kReads8.6Score316Shelves

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    The most unconventional resource-based cultivation method! If you don't have spirit stones, you can pick up trash. Who understands the joy of opening blind boxes from tattered sacks?

32. 82 从 Cultivating Immortality as an Outer-Door Servant 从外门杂役开始修仙 Baby Sea Whale海鲸宝宝Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey + No System + No Golden Finger + No Female Lead + Not Invincible + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Fast-Paced + Decisive and Ruthless] A young man from the modern world accidentally transmigrated and stumbled into the path of immortality, struggling onward in his quest to become an immortal. The road to immortality was harder than ascending to heaven. Faced with countless dangers, his resolve to seek the Dao remained as solid as stone. Fang Qing transmigrated here and started ou 2.3kReads6.2Score106Shelves

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    Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul – a mortal cultivation story, no female lead, no system. The protagonist rises step by step from a lowly servant, decisive and ruthless, not a saint. The villains are intelligent. The plot is fast-paced and engaging, with a large word count; it's already quite long and worth reading!

33. 83 被 After My Golden Core Was Stolen, I Awakened the Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth 被夺了金丹后，我激活了天地灵根 Trouble at Chize池泽生变Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Sequel: Bad News! My Dad Married Into Another Family, and I Became a Carefree Rogue Cultivator [Survivalist Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Farming + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Old Schemer + System + Dark + Lone Wolf + Rogue Cultivator] Chen Si had a single Wood Spiritual Root, and his master, Daoist Changsheng, poured everything into cultivating him as a supreme elixir. On the day Chen Si formed his Golden Core, his master took it for himself. After escaping with a Void-Evasio 18.2kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    This novel is about cultivating immortality in a detached and indifferent way, featuring a lone wolf who prioritizes his own interests above all else.

34. 84 无 A Guide to Cultivating the Heartless Dao 无情道修炼攻略 Shrimp Doesn't Blink虾仁i不眨眼Fantastical Romance227k WordsOngoing [Traditional Cultivation]+ [No Romance]+ [Pure Ruthless Dao]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Five Spiritual Roots]+ [Five-Element Spellcaster]+ [Decisive and Ruthless] Wen He was besieged and killed in her previous life. An ancient jade carried her consciousness as she transmigrated to another world. This new world had richer spiritual energy and a more complete cultivation system, so Wen He set out on the path of cultivation once more… What? The ancient jade has a spirit inside it? And it has powerful trump 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The new book features a protagonist who cultivates the ruthless path, has a cold and aloof personality, no romantic pairing, is decisive in killing, and is single-mindedly focused on becoming stronger and pursuing immortality.

35. 85 从 I Began Immortality by Using My Disciples as Corpse-Refining Fodder 从把徒弟当做练尸耗材开始长生 May It Always Be This Way愿得长如此Xianxia272k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + self-interest + no brainless protagonist + definitely not abandoned midway + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + dark style + multiple female cultivators as pawns] Qin Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a rogue cultivator who barely survived a body-snatching attempt. But this is a world that devours people. As long as saints live, thieves will thrive; mortals are like grass, and cultivators are no different. Fortunately, he has an Eight Tri 1.5kReads6.0Score116Shelves

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    The story is a dark fantasy. The protagonist is born with nothing. At the beginning, he leads his teammates to their deaths for a chance encounter. Later, because he wants to keep the treasure for himself, he burns his teammates like firewood. He doesn't even waste the dead enemies. He refines the White Bone Pill and starts to control the Five Poisons from chapter 35.

36. 86 双 Two Souls, Two Lives: I'm Invincible on the Path to Immortality! 双魂双命：修仙路上我无敌！ In the End, Just One Person终究只是一人Eastern Fantasy758k WordsOngoing [No female lead, genius ice-attribute sword cultivator, character growth, decisive and ruthless] “Death Dao Intent, manifest!” A black yin fish appeared before Gu Jianqiu. “I myself have not comprehended the Dao Intent of Life.” “Yet the Dao has myriad paths.” “Killing... can also be the ultimate realm of ‘death’!” At a thought, the baleful aura around him spread, and the Dao Intent of Slaughter bloomed like thorns. “Without life, I shall prove death through slaughter, and use death... to perpet 930Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    A sword cultivator with an ice-attribute celestial spiritual root and a special physique. He killed a Void Beast cub in the early stages, seizing the Void Stone, and later mastered the power of space. He is decisive in killing but not indiscriminate, and there is no female lead. He cultivates the Killing Sword Intent and the Death Sword Intent, and possesses the Human Emperor Banner. He is only good to his own sect, maintaining harmony within the sect, and there are no instances of him looking down on others or being plotted against by elders.

37. 87 合 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材 Qin Gengxin秦更新Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro 1.7kReads7.2Score167Shelves

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    [Smirking][Smiling][Laughing][Smirking][Thinking][Making a face][Laughing][Laughing][What][What][Smirking][Pouting][What][Shy] High-quality, refreshing story, making every day happy.

38. 88 十 Ten Realms: I Was Ordinary 十界：我本平庸 Sanqi Confused Fish三七糊涂鱼Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing (We are all ordinary people. Some say they don’t understand what I’m writing! The truth is, I simply want to tell the story of an ordinary person who keeps growing, improving, and learning. He feels lost and helpless, never knowing what to do. His life is full of stumbles, but through repeated setbacks and lessons, he slowly grows! Some people are born in Rome, while he is stuck in the mud. In Rome, it’s easy to cross the finish line. But there’s something all the more inspiring about perseverin 7.1kReads9.1Score595Shelves

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    Spring water: The more winding the path of struggle, the purer the heart.

39. 89 魔 Demonic Path Sequence: Stripping Away the Myriad Worlds 魔道序列：剥离万界 Chijiu Ji持久麂Eastern Fantasy828k WordsCompleted Is cultivation a climb to the top, or a process of being sifted through layer by layer? Su Fan was an unaffiliated cultivator in the mortal realm until he chanced upon a damaged ancient scroll that could strip the essence from all things. At first, all he wanted was to survive. Then one day, on the eve of his ascension, he saw a list meant only for the strong: It was no Investiture of the Gods, but a harvest order. From the mortal realm to the spirit realm, from True Immortals to the Dao Domain, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend you watch it.

40. 90 规 Rule Horror: I Mend the World with Cause and Effect 规则怪谈：我用因果缝补这个世界 Chijiu Ji持久麂Mystery207k WordsCompleted Rule Horror | Urban suspense | Smart protagonists | No mindless power fantasy | Growth at a steep price | Ensemble cast | Philosophical mystery The world isn’t falling apart. It’s simply, coming undone at the seams. The First Hospital at three in the morning, Bus 444, which only runs at night, Horror worlds where following the rules is the only way to survive… While everyone else memorizes rules and gambles on luck, Lin Mo sees something else breaks in causality. He cannot cultivate, nor does he 2Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 91 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves

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    I recommend you see it.

42. 92 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book truly captures the essence of *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*! Cultivation relies entirely on hardcore Taoist techniques, without a system, to overcome challenges. The ghost and monster settings are meticulously crafted, the foreshadowing is deeply woven, and the plot gets increasingly explosive as it progresses. A must-read for fans of intellectual battles and atmospheric storylines.

43. 93 大 Grandmaster Zun 大师尊 Cheng Ru成如Eastern Fantasy505k WordsOngoing A seasoned old hand from the martial world transmigrates into the cultivation world. Thanks to his wife's connections, he gets into an immortal sect. Senior sisters, junior sisters, saintesses, grand elders, sect masters... Pure wish fulfillment, utterly invincible, but not brainless. Overwhelming combat power, a sharp mind, devious beneath a good-guy exterior, and full of schemes. He borrows the tiger's skin to wave a great banner, winning people over with virtue. He throws lime in their eyes a 3.5kReads—Score234Shelves

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    A seasoned veteran of the martial arts world transmigrates to the cultivation world. Through his wife's connections, he enters a powerful sect. Senior sisters, junior sisters, holy maidens, grand elders, sect leaders… Purely adventurous, invincible, not brainless, with explosive martial arts skills and undeniably sharp intelligence, cunning, seemingly a good person but harboring a belly full of evil. He uses his connections to intimidate, manipulate others with virtue, and employs clever tactics to overcome brute force. He's a master of rhetoric, unmatched in his verbal prowess. From a sect's son-in-law, he ultimately becomes a grandmaster. [Smirk]

44. 94 苟 Farming for Immortality in the Immortal Realm 苟在仙界种田长生 Bread Crumbs Aren't Sweet面包糠不甜Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing A traditional cultivation story about mortals, finding hidden treasures, pocket dimensions, farming, spirit plants, and transforming with masks. Wang Feng transmigrates to a cultivation world and relies on his Shennong Space to grow spirit plants, trade them for resources, and embark on the path to immortality. Wang Feng transmigrates to the immortal realm and becomes a sickly young man in a remote mountain valley where spiritual energy is scarce. He has the Shennong Space in his mind. Wang Fen 1.9kReads5.5Score108Shelves

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    Traditional cultivation novel, farming and cultivation, male protagonist.

45. 95 诀 The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道 Yue Xin Hengtian月信恒天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati 3.6kReads—Score289Shelves

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    Speaking of which, I have to mention this book. It has a very positive moral compass, doesn't hold grudges, and lets revenge happen on the spot. The chapter where one person fights seven geniuses was especially satisfying! It avoids the clichés of traditional fantasy, the protagonist is very shrewd, and it's not just mindless wish-fulfillment.

46. 96 天 The Heavenly Book: The Imperial Star Descends to the Mortal World, One Sword Proves the Dao 天书：帝星化凡，一剑证道 Master Wuwei Chen Zhifei无为子陈知非Eastern Fantasy723k WordsOngoing [A golden-scaled dragon is no pond-dweller. Soon, the Heavenly Book will descend from the ninth heaven!] What would happen if Dugu Qiubai lived for a thousand years? A Heavenly Book spans a thousand years of China’s history, bringing him into contact with humans, demons, immortals, and Buddhas. (A historical cultivation novel about immortality, featuring Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ideas that may be difficult for most readers. Not a wish-fulfillment story; slow burn, so read with care.) [Imm 255Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Way is ruthless yet full of feeling [Exploration][Admiration][Laugh][Top Post] From a mere mortal to a sword demon, to a sword immortal who has attained sainthood and the Dao [Exploration] The story begins with the "Heavenly Mandate of the Purple Star descending to earth," transforming into a mortal during the Northern Song Dynasty, becoming the sword demon Dugu, [encountering the Condor Heroes], [slaying the Heavenly Dragon], a story of a mortal cultivating immortality and the Dao: Alternate history: encountering various famous historical figures, exploring the origins of historical events, various historical stories and legends, ancient poems and songs. Purple Star Emperor, transformed into a mortal during the Northern Song Dynasty: There is the Condor Heroes, there is the Heavenly Dragon, the nameless sharp sword, the Purple Soft Sword, the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword, Huang Shang's Nine Yin Divine Skill, Dugu's Sword Technique, Zhou Tong, Yue Fei, Wu Song, Water Margin, transforming into a mortal to attain enlightenment, the art of slaying dragons, proving the Dao to the world... There is martial arts, there is also immortality, history, and alternate cultivation: I like fanfiction of martial arts novel characters who have never appeared before, see how the sword demon Dugu seeks to defeat the world of martial arts. See how the Sword Demon Dugu Xiuwen approaches the path of sword cultivation... A philosophical work encompassing traditional Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist thought...

47. 97 七 Seven Days of Possession 七日着魔 Brick Fun砖乐Eastern Fantasy713k WordsOngoing Demons are temptation and desire, chaos and disorder, destruction and upheaval. Demons dwell in the obsessions of all things; anything can become demonic. So long as all things endure, the demonic path will endure. After the protagonist’s corpse lay unclaimed for seven days, he awoke on the seventh day and forged a demonic body. Since Heaven has given me this chance to live again, rather than remain one of the numb masses in this mortal world, I would rather become the one and only primordial de 2.8kReads9.2Score326Shelves

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    Main character: The only demon to descend upon the world throughout eternity, one of the rules of Heaven. The series of stories in this book all express that all things possess demonic nature and can become demonic; as long as all things exist, the demon will never perish. [Shocked][Stunned][Sending Heart]

48. 98 国 Cultivation Survival for the Nation's Fortune: I Can See Hidden Hints 国运修仙求生：我能看见隐藏提示 Ye Mofan叶默凡Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [National Fortune Survival + Livestreaming + Immortal Cultivation + God-Tier Hints] Blue Star’s resources are running dry, and the National Fortune Game has arrived! Two people from each country are randomly selected to enter the Cave Realm and cultivate immortality. If a contestant dies, their country’s national fortune will be deducted and a natural disaster will follow. Resources obtained by contestants in the Cave Realm have a chance of being returned to their countries with a critical bonus 53.7kReads7.8Score5.2kShelves

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    Up: A novel about cultivating immortality and national destiny.

49. 99 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Found a Cultivation Manual from the Start 凡人修仙：我开局捡到修仙功法 User71208294用户71208294Eastern Fantasy424k WordsCompleted (Traditional Xuanhuan, ruthless and decisive, mortal cultivates immortality, no System, underdog's rise, multiple heroines) Lin Chen, a cowherd boy, suffers constant bullying from a young age. By chance, he obtains a damaged cultivation manual, and from then on steps into the cruel world of immortal cultivation, where the strong prey on the weak. 38Reads6.3Score159Shelves

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    Push push push push!

50. 100 废 Useless? I Awakened the Eternal Divine Physique from the Start 废物？我开局觉醒了万古神体 User71208294用户71208294Eastern Fantasy382k WordsCompleted (Traditional fantasy, no System, fantasy, underdog's rise, cultivation, Ancient Divine Physique, decisive and ruthless, multiple heroines) Ye Chen, young lord of the Ye family, is unable to cultivate because of his blocked meridians. Mocked as a once-in-a-century failure, he awakens the Ancient Divine Physique and rises against the heavens. 379Reads6.2Score102Shelves

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